We are celebrating Dean Tim Pyatt's retirement! In honor of him, we are asking for gifts supporting our ZSR Student Employee Scholarship, an initiative he spearheaded and one he deeply cares about.
Your gift to this campaign will be marked in honor of Dean Pyatt.
About the ZSR Student Employee Scholarship
Every year, roughly 75 Wake Forest students help Z. Smith Reynolds Library make good on its commitments to the University and the larger community by working in five of its six divisions - public services; research, instruction and outreach; resource services; special collections and archives; and digital initiatives and scholarly communications. On nights and weekends in particular, they represent nearly all on-site support staff. For the first time in history, Wake Forest University seeks scholarships to reward exceptional student workers for their dedication and contribution to ZSR Library's above-and-beyond spirit. Your support will benefit ZSR student workers, approximately 80% of whom receive need-based financial aid (less than 25% of all undergraduates receive need-based aid.)
A Note From Dean Pyatt
Z. Smith Reynolds Library is proud of its distinction as the academic hub of a great university and for being more than a place that houses books and other sources of information.
ZSR delivers for Wake Forest University around the clock and across the spectrum of services. Students benefit from ZSR’s excellence, but they also help create and sustain it. Every year, approximately 75 of them work in every division of the library. The vast majority of them attend Wake Forest with the help of need-based scholarships, and they accrue student-loan debt in the process.
ZSR is driven by the same spirit as every other academic unit at Wake Forest: an obligation to make our University accessible to as many people as possible. For that reason, I am proud to announce ZSR’s effort to create the first scholarship program in Wake Forest history specifically benefiting the students who work in the library. Like ZSR itself, it will be distinctive: It is designed to award and reward students already enrolled. At least in the case of its first-time recipients, it will be a windfall, an unexpected and joyful surprise. In every case, it can help reduce the debt burden recipients feel upon graduating.
Thank you for being part of the Wake Forest community and for upholding our promise to our students and the greater world. I hope you will consider how you can be part of providing scholarships for students who seek a transformative education that lets them invest their lives in humanity.
Sincerely,
Tim Pyatt